Surprise Diagnosis of COVID-19 following Neuroimaging Evaluation for Unrelated Reasons during the Pandemic in Hot Spots.
AJNR Am J Neuroradiol
; 41(7): 1177-1178, 2020 07.
Article
in English
| MEDLINE | ID: covidwho-436847
ABSTRACT
During the height of the recent outbreak of coronavirus 19 (COVID-19) in New York City, almost all the hospital emergency departments were inundated with patients with COVID-19, who presented with typical fever, cough, and dyspnea. A small number of patients also presented with either unrelated conditions (such as trauma) or other emergencies, and some of which are now known to be associated with COVID-19 (such as stroke). We report such a scenario in 17 patients who were admitted and investigated with CT spine imaging and CT angiography for nonpulmonary reasons (trauma = 13, stroke = 4). Their initial work-up did not suggest COVID-19 as a diagnosis but showed unsuspected/incidental lung findings, which led to further investigations and a diagnosis of COVID-19.
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MEDLINE
Main subject:
Pneumonia, Viral
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Coronavirus Infections
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Stroke
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Betacoronavirus
Type of study:
Experimental Studies
Topics:
Long Covid
Limits:
Adult
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Aged
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Female
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Humans
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Male
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Middle aged
Language:
English
Journal:
AJNR Am J Neuroradiol
Year:
2020
Document Type:
Article
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